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Caesar Rodney School District, DE: schools, enrollment and spending
Caesar Rodney School District runs 15 public schools with 8,343 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Delaware figure of 14.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 8,343
- Teachers (FTE)
- 546
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 7 Front Street, Wyoming, DE 19934
- Phone
- (302)698-4800
- County
- Kent County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1000180
- State district ID
- DE-10
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,111
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 491 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 32.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
Delaware14.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,960), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $133.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $22.3 million
- State revenue
- $88.1 million
- Local revenue
- $23.1 million
- Total spending
- $129.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,223
- Salaries
- $62.2 million48.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.7%
- State: 66.0%
- Local: 17.3%
Delaware overall
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 32.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,223
Delaware$18,901
United States$16,826
Schools in Caesar Rodney School District
By level: 1 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Allen Frear Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 504 | 12.3 |
| Caesar Rodney High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,254 | 17.6 |
| David E. Robinson Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 514 | 16.6 |
| Dover Air Force Base Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 98 | 6.5 |
| F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 647 | 18.0 |
| Fred Fifer III Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 839 | 19.1 |
| J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center | Elementary | K | 454 | 18.9 |
| John S. Charlton School | Other | PK to 12 | 424 | 9.4 |
| Kent Elementary Intensive Learning Center | Elementary | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Magnolia Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 460 | 23.0 |
| Major George S. Welch Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 261 | 9.0 |
| Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 487 | 16.2 |
| Star Hill Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 429 | 14.8 |
| W. B. Simpson Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 465 | 15.0 |
| W. Reily Brown Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 506 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kent County
- Capital School District 6,491 students
- Smyrna School District 5,887 students
- Lake Forest School District 3,727 students
- POLYTECH School District 1,228 students
- Providence Creek Academy Charter School 769 students
- Early College High School at Del State 583 students
- Academy of Dover Charter School 443 students
- First State Military Academy 433 students
- Campus Community School 409 students
- Positive Outcomes Charter School 119 students
- Corrections - DOE
More in Delaware
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.